Brazil

President of the Chamber of Deputies, Câmara dos Deputados (Chamber of Deputies)

How the office holder is chosen

Under Article 57, paragraph 4 of the Constitution, each House meets in preparatory sessions from 1 February of the first year of the legislature to elect its Executive Committee (Mesa), including the President, for a two year term.²

Term

The term is two years. Article 57 prohibits re-election to the same position in the immediately following election. Hugo Motta was elected for the 2025 to 2026 biennium, according to the Chamber's news agency.^2,3

Recent holders

Notable facts

• On 1 February 2025 Hugo Motta was elected in the first round with 444 votes, against 31 for Marcel Van Hattem and 22 for Pastor Henrique Vieira, according to the Chamber's news agency.³

Sources

1. Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU Parline: Brazil, Chamber of Deputies
2. Constitute Project, Constitution of Brazil, 1988 (rev. 2017) (Constitute Project)
3. Agência Câmara de Notícias, Hugo Motta é o novo presidente da Câmara dos Deputados (1 February 2025)
4. Câmara dos Deputados, Câmara dos Deputados (home page) (28 October 2026)